2007-04-12
Chapel Hill, NC—12 April, 2007: Healthy Travel Media announced the release of the Patients Beyond Borders Digital Edition™ today. Fully downloadable from any computer with access to a Web browser, all the editorial content in the acclaimed Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody’s Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Tourism print edition is included in the ebook.
The Digital Edition allows readers to fully search all editorial content for a medical travel topic of particular interest—such as a specific treatment, hospital, or health travel agency. Using the tools that come with Adobe Reader, Patients Beyond Borders readers can search the entire Digital Edition for any keyword, including a particular procedure, destination, accreditation agency, or any other word or phrase of interest.
The ebook will also be of interest to readers in countries where the Patients Beyond Borders Print Edition is not readily available, or where shipping costs are prohibitive.
“We’ve been pleased with the initial response to the print edition,” said author Josef Woodman. “With more than two million patients worldwide traveling for healthcare each year, the Digital Edition extends our reach to match the needs of medical travelers everywhere.”
The Patients Beyond Borders Digital Edition is available exclusively through lulu.com, at list price of $22.95. This version runs on Adobe Acrobat Reader, and no other special reader is required.
Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody’s Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Tourism, is the first consumer guidebook for medical travelers. Released in March, 2007, Patients Beyond Borders has met with widespread acclaim, featured in The New York Times, The Economist, Newsweek International, Travel + Leisure, Success Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal’s Smart Money. The book is available through Amazon and bookstores everywhere, or by visiting www.patientsbeyondborders.com.
A complete media kit, high res. images, and relevant statistics on medical tourism are also available on the website.